Apple Computer Inc.
announced today all new desktop PowerPC's, moving the entire line to
dual processors. The new machines range in speed from a dual 867MHz
to a dual 1.2GHz, and that is fastest G4 RISC chip Apple has ever put
in any Mac.

These new PowerPC's
also feature Xserve architecture which support "up to" 2GB
of Double Data Rate (DDR) memory at "up to" 333 MHz. They
also include the ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card, an industry first
and a redesigned "box" which can allow increased storage of
up to nearly half a terabyte, according to Apple.

"You
can now get a dual-processor G4 system with Xserve architecture and
DDR memory, pre-loaded with 'Jaguar' for just $1,699," said Steve Jobs,
Apple's CEO. "These are the fastest Macs ever, and 'Jaguar' really makes
the dual processors sing."

"Jaguar" will come
pre-installed on all of the new PowerPC's. According to Apple's PR, the
Power Mac G4 line delivers over 18 gigaflops (18 billion floating point
operations per second), and runs applications like Adobe Photoshop up
to 90 percent faster than a 2.53 GHz Pentium 4-based PC as illustrated
in this benchmark chart. Bruce Chizen, president and CEO of Adobe said,
"These new Power Macs run Adobe Photoshop faster than any PC we've seen".

The dual
867 MHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $1,699. The dual
1 GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $2,499. The dual 1.25
GHz Power Mac G4, for a suggested retail price of $3,299, includes:- 256K on-chip level 2 cache and 2MB of
DDR SRAM backside level 3 cache per processor

The dual
1.25 GHz processor Power Mac G4 is expected to be available in the second
half of September. All the other models are available right now.

eMac
gains a SuperDrive (side note)

"Now,
for the first time, users can burn their own custom DVDs on an under-$1,500
computer," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs, in a statement. "Our amazing SuperDrive
and award-winning iMovie and iDVD applications ushered in the era of personal
DVD burning, and this groundbreaking low price point will further reinforce
Apple's lead in this rapidly-growing market segment."